On August 18, Camp David, the American presidential country retreat in the state of Maryland, welcomed two dignitaries from East Asia: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Yoon Suk-yeol. U.S. President Joe Biden hoped to make Japan and the ROK closer partners while “institutionalizing” the U.S.-Japan-ROK alliance, meaning that cooperation between Washington, Tokyo and Seoul can be sustained no matter how the governments or domestic politics of the three countries change.
